Hernia Fixation Devices While the mesh can be secured exclusively with transfascial sutures using conventional materials, a combination of transfascial sutures and hernia fixation devices (tacks or anchors) technically simplifies…

Left-Sided Nephrectomy After insufflation with carbon dioxide to an intra-abdominal pressure of 5 mmHg and visualization of the nephrosplenic region, the 5-mm-diameter laparoscopic injection needle is inserted into the instrument portal…